Classification Review

Which of the following lists the 8 levels of classification in order from most diverse to least diverse?

• species, genus, family, order, class, phylum, kingdom, domain

• plants, eubacteria, archaebacteria, monera, animals, fungi, protists, taxonomy

• domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species

Which kingdom only includes prokaryotes?

• protist

• bacteria

• plant

• animal

Which kingdom includes only multicellular heterotrophs?

• protista

• bacteria

• plants

• animal

What is bird A?

• cormorant

• duck

• eagle

• jacana

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

What classification group(s) do all of the organisms have in common?

• kingdom only

• kingdom, class and order

• kingdom, phylum and class

• genus and species

Which organism is least similar to the others?

• aardwolf

• lion

• grey wolf

• blue whale

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

What does an organism's scientific name consist of?

• class and family

• kingdom and phylum

• genus and species

• phylum and species

The more classification levels two organisms share..

• the closer together on Earth they live

• the easier it is to tell them apart

• the more characteristics they have in common

• the more distantly related they are

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

In Linnaeus’s binomial nomenclature system, which we still use today, the first part of an organism’s two-part scientific name is its:

• Domain

• Kingdom

• Genus

• Species

any organism capable of making its own food through photosynthesis or chemosynthesis

• Autotroph

• Classification

• Eukaryotic

• Heterotroph

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6